unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
income concealment; (income) tax evasion
compulsory inspection; compulsory search
ticket reseller; shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc.
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
young lover of an older woman; boy toy
marriage between co-workers
Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau
chief examiner or investigator
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
revenue office; taxation bureau
right to arrest; power of arrest
(Japanese) Agency for Cultural Affairs
religious organization; religious organisation
person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer
Virgo (constellation); the Virgin
general contractor; main contractor; major construction company
gemstone totem (esp. as jewelry); healing crystal
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
8000; eight thousand; many
(written) application; application form
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
smoking area; smoking corner
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
founder; organizer; organiser
blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce
premises search; household search